Species Vagococcus vulneris

Name: Vagococcus vulneris Shewmaker et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: vul’ne.ris. L. gen. neut. n. vulneris, of a wound

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wa-go-KOK-kus WUL-ne-ris, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 70832; LMG 30165; SS1995

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY937951 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shewmaker PL, Whitney AM, Gulvik CA, Humrighouse BW, Gartin J, Moura H, Barr JR, Moore ERB, Karlsson R, Pinto TCA, et al. Vagococcus bubulae sp. nov., isolated from ground beef, and Vagococcus vulneris sp. nov., isolated from a human foot wound. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2268-2276. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3315-3317.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990

Assigned by: Shewmaker PL, Whitney AM, Gulvik CA, Humrighouse BW, Gartin J, Moura H, Barr JR, Moore ERB, Karlsson R, Pinto TCA, et al. Vagococcus bubulae sp. nov., isolated from ground beef, and Vagococcus vulneris sp. nov., isolated from a human foot wound. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2268-2276. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 5257